Last June I met Kelly across from Federal Hall on Wall Street.She was visiting from Ohio, and shared several of her tattoos.First up is this koi:Kelly explains:”My older brother took me for my first tattoo when I was eighteen and got this whole party started. He passed away three years ago and he had this tattooed on his calf, and I knew that I was gonna get one of his tattoos tattooed on me … koi …

With 2017 upon us, we’ve still got some stragglers from 2016, but we’re also celebrating. Later this year, Tattoosday will be celebrating a landmark. Tattoosday will be Ten!That’s practically venerable in blogyears – and to help celebrate we’ll be revisiting some of our old contributors and see what’s new on their skin.She may not realize it, but this celebration of sorts was inspired by Brooke, a friend and former colleague, who first appeared on Tattoosday here in 2007 and again here, in 2008.Last month Brooke sent me photos …